http://www.labnol.org/forums/tags/virus Help Center Tag: virus - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://www.labnol.org/forums/search.php http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-3027 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:31:32 +0000 gwalia 3027@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Re-installing the OS removes the viruses from the System Drive only.</p> <p>Most of the recent virus create autorun.inf in your drives, and the moment your drive is opened, the virus is again started.</p> <p>So after your reinstall, if you open a drive by double-click, it will install the virus again.</p> <p>If you want to remove the traces, enable Show Hidden Files, Show Protected Operating System files AFTER REINSTALLING, type the drive letter in the address bar, for example D:</p> <p>Then remove the autorun.inf and the associated executable file (see for open= inside autorun.inf).</p> <p>This is the best way to clean such viruses.<br /> If you don't care about your data, you may do a full disk format. This will remove every virus infection. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2959 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:14:34 +0000 sivaram.ch 2959@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Merely re-installing the OS will not clean the infection if the infected files reside within the same folder OR if they're in a separate folder on a separate partition.</p> <p>You need to run a FULL and thorough system scan *and* scan within compressed files.</p> <p>Perform a clean install of your OS *after* eliminating all traces of infected files. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2955 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:56:40 +0000 DalSoaple 2955@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>some buddy plz help me out....even my computer is infected with</p> <p>1) love.exe<br /> and<br /> 2) important.exe</p> <p>after a hour long of panic i decided to re-instal my operating system..and did it too....</p> <p>it was a great shock to find out tat even after re-installing the OS the behaviour or trace of this virus is there in my rest of the drives(except C)....</p> <p>one of my frnd advised me to use AVIRA anti virus....wit the latest update....</p> <p>wil this help me???</p> <p>cuz i havent taken any backup of my data in the hard disc am not bothered about the OS(data in C)....</p> <p>all i need is to retain my data without any infection on it......</p> <p>somebody out there plz advise...... </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2626 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:35:46 +0000 XlMSQNTZmNCSMWVlBQr 2626@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>the command sud be sfc /scannow . </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2625 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:33:29 +0000 XlMSQNTZmNCSMWVlBQr 2625@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Run the SFC /f in command It will run the System file checker and fix if there is any files got corrupted! </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2565 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:04:09 +0000 sivaram.ch 2565@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>You still have this problem after a clean install?</p> <p>Hard to believe, but now that the format has already occurred, you've already started off on a clean slate.</p> <p>Any particular error messages after the format? </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/rundll32exe-not-found#post-2561 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:17:10 +0000 angelmichael 2561@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>recently my system was attacked by three viruses</p> <p>1. love.exe.<br /> 2. aaa.exe<br /> 3. important.exe</p> <p>they were cleaned using nod32 anti virus</p> <p>however after they were removed none of the applications seem to work</p> <p>i tried installing acrobat reader</p> <p>and it would show rundll32.exe not found</p> <p>also when i try to run any system tools</p> <p>it still shows that message</p> <p>even when i open c:</p> <p>it shows the same</p> <p>what shall i do to remove this problem</p> <p>i have already formatted my system and re-installed windows once. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/virus-removal-expert#post-2071 Tue, 27 May 2008 16:20:34 +0000 XlMSQNTZmNCSMWVlBQr 2071@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Hi This is Renjith.I am from India I love to surf in the internet, I work for an Antivirus &#38; Security Company as a Virus Removal Expert.</p> <p>I am maintaining a forum called <a href="http://www.hackstacks.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.hackstacks.com</a></p> <p>That's about me.</p> <p>Regards<br /> Renjith </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-400 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:04:00 +0000 YnKAmbzXffeOzMdq 400@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Hi Avadhutp</p> <p>Thanks for the detailed reply.</p> <p>Aarohi. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-390 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:55:38 +0000 jpkirsch 390@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Edited: This particular reply has been deleted since it was a taken from another webite without attribution. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-372 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:21:07 +0000 YnKAmbzXffeOzMdq 372@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Hi Amit</p> <p>Finally I managed to remove the virus. I wasn't able to delete it because regedit and task manager were blocked, and the Folder Options menu wasn't available to unhide the folder. I used System Restore to reset the system to a previous date's setting. This allowed me to unhide the folder and delete it in the safe mode.</p> <p>Thanks for your help.</p> <p>Aarohi </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-355 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:15:51 +0000 Anurag 355@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>How do you plan to remove heap41a virus? </p> <p>Google tells me that it resides in your C: drive under the heap41a folder. Maybe start you computer in safe mode in safe mode and delete that folder or use any of these <a href="http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/11/dont-pay-for-virus-protection-get.html" rel="nofollow">online virus scanners</a>. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-353 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:11:25 +0000 YnKAmbzXffeOzMdq 353@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Hi Amit</p> <p>I am from India. I am on the backbone of a US company.</p> <p>I managed to find a solution to my problem. Apparently, my computer is infected by a malware called heap41a. I will try removing the malware and see if that works.</p> <p>Thanks for your help.</p> <p>Aarohi </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-352 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:40:44 +0000 Anurag 352@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Your IP Address says that you are from Unites States where YouTube in not blocked.</p> <p>Are you accessing YouTube from your office ? It's possible that your employer has some internet filtering software that's blocking access to YouTube.</p> <p>Try a site like splashcastmedia.com or truveo.com to check if you can watch youtube video there. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/help-youtube-is-banned-hack#post-350 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:26:42 +0000 YnKAmbzXffeOzMdq 350@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I need some help. Whenever I try to open youtube the browser (IE6) closes down and a dialog box with the message "youtube is banned" displays. Have you faced this anytime. Any help or pointers would be great.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Aarohi </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/urgent-help-required-regarding-host-file#post-96 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:38:44 +0000 Anurag 96@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>get a firewall like the Zonealarm free version. see what programs are connecting to the internet.</p> <p>else you may download process explorer from sysinternals website and see what processes are running .. if you smell some bad behaviour, kill the process.</p> <p>the last option is to start windows in safe mode. </p> http://www.labnol.org/forums/topic/urgent-help-required-regarding-host-file#post-89 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:48:18 +0000 Anonymous 89@http://www.labnol.org/forums/ <p>hi all,</p> <p>My computer has drastically slowed down. When I scanned for virus it reports an error saying that the host file is missing from location C\windows\system32\drivers\etc.<br /> I manually checked it. The host file is really missing...</p> <p>Also when I connect the modem, it automatically starts downloading something, i can see it through DU Meter. Its all red. But i can't figure out what is being downloaded. As I am writing this the DU Meter is full RED.<br /> Its urgent plz help....<br /> Thanks.... </p>